about-Windows-Registry

Windows Registry

Misc

Navigating the registry with Powershell

With Powershell, its possible to navigate the registry:

PS C:> Set-Location Set-Location HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows
PS HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows> Get-ChildItem

    Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows


SKC  VC Name                           Property
---  -- ----                           --------
 30   1 CurrentVersion                 {%a5%81%f7%c2%5b%bc%0b%ad%56%96%ee%4a%2c%67%2e%b4%a0%bf%d2%f1%d7%2a%2b%20%9e%c0%94%7b%66%ad%64%58}
  0  12 DWM                            {Composition, CompositionPolicy, ColorizationColor, ColorizationColorBalance...}
  4   0 Shell                          {}
  2   0 TabletPC                       {}
  4  12 Windows Error Reporting        {ConfigureArchive, DisableArchive, Disabled, DisableQueue...}

Of course, typing is less verbose if the aliases cd instead Set-Location and ls instead Get-ChildItem is used.

Navigating the registry with Perl

Win32::TieRegistry makes it ease to read and write to the registry with perl.

Links

Associating an extenstion with an executable

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor is a utility that is able to reset the Password of any user.

Registry Edits.